Rebecca accepts briefs in Children’s Court and family law matters. She is an experienced advocate with 20 years’ court experience, including 15 years primarily appearing in the Family Division of the Children’s Court. She regularly appears for the DFFH and, more recently, for Ballarat and District Aboriginal Co-operative in the Gobata Burron — Aboriginal Children in Aboriginal Care program.
Rebecca also provides pro bono legal support to the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights advocacy program, assisting vulnerable clients and advising case managers.
Before coming to the Bar, Rebecca practised exclusively in child protection as a solicitor with the Child Protection Litigation Office and as a solicitor advocate representing the Department in metropolitan and regional matters. Earlier in her career, she practised in criminal law as a Legal Officer at the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions in Adelaide, a Judge’s Associate in the criminal division of the District Court of South Australia, and a clerk at the State Director of Public Prosecutions.
Rebecca completed a Master of Laws in International Law and International Relations at Flinders University and interned with the United Nations Resident Co-ordinator’s Office in Beirut in 2009.
Outside the law, Rebecca co-founded Hope for Nauru, a charity providing essentials to refugees held in Australia’s offshore detention centre. Over the past two decades, she has volunteered with organisations advocating for refugees, including Amnesty International Australia and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.
Rebecca is passionate about human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. She is a member of Amnesty International, Oxfam, APAN, Olive Kids, Menzies for Palestine and Liberty Victoria, and has contributed to AMWCHR advisory boards, including for the Access to Justice for Muslim Women project, Safer Systems, Safer Families: Addressing systemic disadvantage for Muslim communities during child protection intervention (2025). The report is available at www.amwchr.org.au/research.
Rebecca read with Rob Barry, and her senior mentor is Georgina Costello QC.
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